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Awful Announcing dug up this Los Angeles Times article from July 9, 1960, proving the dumb debate has been going on at least that long. Let the Dean take you to school:
"I've called two near no-hitters this year," he said, "and have kept the listerners informed from the fourth inning on.
"It's insuting the listeners to make them think they're silly and superstitious enough to believe my telling them that a no-hitter is going on will affect the game.
"I'm not breaking a precedent," he continued. "Other announcers do the same. You see, no one expects a listener to hang on every word for three hours. They leave the radio from time to time and this service must be rendered.
No one really believes an announcer can jinx a pitcher, right? How would any no-hitter ever be pitched, since every single one of them was noted before the final out? Yet on Tuesday, YES Network broadcaster Michael Kay was fighting with fans on Twitter who blamed him for ruining Hiroki Kuroda's no-no. Wonder if any Root Sports viewers are bitching out Dave Sims for mentioning Felix Hernandez's perfect game. People are stupid.


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Housing in Maricopa County, AZ
Deciding when and where to buy a house can be a grueling process. First, you must consider your personal situation and then determine which economic factors make buying a good solution. Take a look at this infographic, made for Maricopa County specifically. Now is a great time to buy!

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Enterprise Holdings Full-Time Service Agent - Alamo/National (Car Detailer) in Kansas City, Missouri
This position is located at the KCI Airport and will be 40 hours per week with pay starting at $12.00/hour plus production bonuses! Our Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K and Profit Sharing!
Get on the fast track to a more rewarding career with National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car - teams that are committed to quality, innovation, customer satisfaction and employee development.
We are a multi-billion dollar industry leader that is rapidly expanding and growing. At National and Alamo, exciting careers and opportunities are made possible, because how far you go is really up to you. It's a fast-paced, people oriented business that offers incredible earning potential and performance-based promotions.
Our philosophy is to take care of our customers and employees first. We know if we do this, success will follow - for both our company and our employees.
National and Alamo has an exciting opportunity for a Service Agent. The Service Agent prepares and services vehicles prior to rental including: refueling, cleaning and washing, checking fluids and pressure levels of all vehicles. Performs all responsibilities with a focus on the needs of our customers and in accordance with our Quality Standards.
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Inspect vehicle to ensure safety equipment is in working order; lights, tires, brakes, wipers, horn, seat belts, mirrors and back-up lights.
Inspect vehicles for unidentified body damage.
Clean all exterior and interior windows and mirrors and vacuum interior, floor, seats, ashtray and trunk.
Provide positive customer service, including greetings, assistance with luggage and personal belongings, where applicable.
Place items found in vehicles in lost and found. Direct drivers to drop off locations as necessary.
Drive the vehicle from drop off point to service area; drive vehicle through car wash and to ready line as necessary.
Refuel the vehicle and log identification number with fuel needed and mileage.
Ensure that the key tag is properly marked with the correct VIN or Unit number and license plate number.
Maintain a clean and orderly work area and report any unsafe or hazardous conditions.
Complete the out-of-service tag and ensure the vehicle is moved to the maintenance area.
Identify and pull the vehicles that are eligible for turnback, flagged for grounding or preventative maintenance and verify their movement to the proper lot location.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans
Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must have a current and valid driver's license with no more than two moving violations and/or at-fault accidents on driving record within the past 3 years
No drug or alcohol related convictions on driving record within the past 3 years (DUI/DWI).
Must be authorized to work in the United States and not require work authorization sponsorship by our company for this position now or in the future.
Apart from religious observation, must be able to work the following shift/schedules:
Friday - Tuesday 2:00 pm-11:00 pm
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Sony Walkman NWZ-A17
Sony is jumping on the popular hi-resolution audio band wagon. Thanks to Neil Young's Pono project, Sony doesn't need to spend much on advertising. Just google "hi-res audio" and Sony new toy is the first thing that pops up.
Young's Kickstarter project was so successful, Sony probably thought "What the hell, lets give it a shot". With that they will be releasing a new hi-res audio player at the end of this month, the Sony Walkman NWZ-A17. This device is smaller and lighter than Pono. The screen is bigger and will play all the popular formats; WAV, AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, MP3, AAC, and WMA. It also comes with 64GB of storage. And to top it off the battery life is off the charts, 50 hours of battery life or 30 hours when playing full 24-bit/192kHz files
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Christmas is three days away and I've still not mailed out save-the-dates. Part of this is because my mother was inviting everyone she'd ever met while I was having a meltdown in the corner hearing loud cha-chings as the invite list grew. I mean, I don't know about you, but I'm not made of money.
So we've cleared up a few things: 1) She's paying for some (maybe all?) of the reception so I can breathe easier and 2) she's finally accepting that I really just want something small/intimate. So, while I'm not disinviting her people, I'm just not inviting them. If someone wants to throw a fit about it, I'll just explain the whole "small/intimate" concept. Because, really, who wants to go to a wedding? It's not like the opera or tickets to Oprah, right? Right.
So, I've got a ton of ideas and the save-the-dates need to be addressed and mailed, but I'm relaxing over the holiday. I plan to attempt to get save the dates out in the week after my mom returns from England. I say attempt because my mom has a hard time with deadlines and schedules and sticking to a timeline.
Best Christmas, Hannukah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa and any other holiday wishes to you all.
-- xoxo, Kelly
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Statement by FDIC Director Thomas Hoenig
Basel Capital Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
June 12, 2012
I support moving these Notices of Proposed Rule Making into the public domain for comment. I strongly encourage the industry and, just as importantly, other interested parties to address the questions posed in these notices. I also would encourage any additional comment the public might wish to make on the final rule regarding market risk that is being voted on today.
The proposed risk-based capital and leverage (capital relative to unweighted assets) ratios are improvements over Basel II. They are composed of stronger forms of capital and have higher risk weights. The minimum capital requirements also are higher. The individuals who developed the Basel capital standards and these proposed rules worked tirelessly to improve the definitions of capital and measures of risk, and I very much appreciate their efforts.
Despite these improvements, I remain concerned that as proposed, the minimum capital ratios will not significantly enhance financial stability. The rules continue to focus on risk-based capital ratios, which strike me as overly complex and opaque. Also, experience suggests that the tangible common equity leverage ratio is what investors focus on and is what ultimately determines whether capital is adequate. Because leverage is one of the primary factors that determines financial outcomes, I also am concerned that the minimum leveraged ratios in the proposals are too low to be of real value in moderating future crises.
Currently, the primary focus of the U.S. implementation of the Basel approach is on minimum risk-based capital ratios. These ratios depend critically on -- and are very sensitive to -- the models used to estimate risk and determine risk weights. As the financial system has become more complex, the models too have become more complex, but not necessarily better. For example, in the booming economy leading up to the financial crisis, while total capital ratios showed increases, tangible equity leverage ratios declined systematically. This was particularly the case for the largest banking organizations, despite the build up in risk that was exposed only ex post. In addition, in a recent Barclays Capital international survey of 130 institutional investors, most respondents indicated that they do not trust the internal models used by banks to calculate risk-weighted assets and would prefer simplified risk weighting and less firm-specific discretion.
As a result, I am very interested in hearing public comment on whether consideration should be given to focusing less on risk-based capital and more on minimum leverage ratios, which are independent of models and less subject to manipulation.
I am aware that a minimum leverage ratio in isolation may encourage institutions to gravitate towards riskier assets because all assets must be funded with the same percentage of equity. However, the Basel risk management approach includes three pillars—capital, supervision, and market discipline. It is important not to view the capital requirement in isolation, but instead as part of a system that makes use of all three pillars. And, if managements, supervisors, and the markets' ability to assess risk are undermined because the risk-based measure is overly complex and opaque, then the measure will be ineffective -- or worse, counter productive.
Because of the importance of leverage ratios, I encourage comment regarding their use. For example, should the proposed Tier 1 leverage ratios be higher? Would it be better to use the newly proposed Common Equity Tier I capital to measure leverage? Would higher minimum ratios address concerns about risk incentives associated with greater reliance on a leverage ratio? Should the minimum supplemental leverage ratio for advanced-approach institutions be higher to be considered well capitalized than adequately capitalized? Currently 3 percent is the proposed minimum for both categories. There is ample evidence that without government guarantees the market would require significantly higher levels of capital.
A greater emphasis on leverage ratios would be stricter than what is agreed to in the International Accord. However, there is precedent for stricter requirements. Leverage ratios, at the urging principally of the FDIC, were adopted in the United States even though they were not part of the Basel I or II Accords. More recently the Swiss have implemented higher minimum capital ratios, and the United Kingdom's Vickers Commission has recommended higher requirements than in the Basel III Accord.
While staff have developed detailed measures of risk, it is bankers and bank supervisors, those serving on the boards of banks and those in the field, who must understand them, implement them, and enforce them. Having read these drafts, I suspect that will be no easy task. The measures imply more accuracy than can be realized. Risks migrate from assigned levels, and formulas go stale. The more complicated a rule the more likely it will be "gamed," with the most brazen winning out over the most conscientious participants in the market. Also, the more complicated a rule, the more costly it is to implement. Increasing costs against constant revenues drives consolidation within an industry already heavily concentrated.
There are many issues that deserve attention as these proposals are placed in the public domain for comment. I encourage the industry and the public at large to engage in a vigorous discussion about what capital measures will serve financial stability best.
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Fantasy nature illustrated in rainbow colours - that's what you get with this accessible template design. The rolling green hills, purple, pink and orange trees, and sky in shades of blue make a fun backdrop for all sorts of situations, such as a presentation to young schoolchildren, an introduction to your small landscaping business, or information about the environment. Imagine the possibilities! (Widescreen, 16x9 format)


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Women's rights activists place flowers and dolls in homage to the victims in a protest outside the Guatemalan Embassy in Managua on March 16, 2017 to demand justice for the recent fire that killed 40 girls at a government-run children's shelter in San Jose Pinula, Guatemala. Guatemala recoiled in anger and shock Thursday at the deaths of 40 teenage girls in a fire at a government-run shelter where staff have been accused of sexual abuse and other mistreatment. Around 20 more survivors remained hospitalized, most of them in critical condition, according to hospital officials. / AFP PHOTO / INTI OCON (Photo credit: INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images)
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Mar. 17, 2017: Here are some of the major stories in photos making headlines in the Caribbean and Latin America this week.
Membres of the new government appointed by Prime minister, Jack Guy Lafontant sit during a parliamentary session to confirm them in Port-au-Prince on March 15, 2017. The Haitian premier has chosen mostly political novices for the country's new government, nearly three weeks after President Jovenel Moise appointed him to the post.Jack Guy Lafontant, a doctor who like Moise is new to the political scene, signed a decree Monday nominating of his 18 ministers, five of whom are women. / AFP PHOTO / Valerie Baeriswyl (Photo credit: VALERIE BAERISWYL/AFP/Getty Images)
Port-au-Prince international airport was paralyzed Wednesday morning by a strike the security personnel launched without notice, asking for a raise of their wages. The departure of international and national flights' were blocked for a 3-hour period. / AFP PHOTO / Valerie Baeriswyl (Photo credit should read VALERIE BAERISWYL/AFP/Getty Images)
French presidential election candidate for the left-wing Socialist Party (PS) Benoit Hamon (C) speaks to National Assembly member Serge Letchimy (C-L) at a dry dock in Le Marin on March 13, 2017, during a trip to the French overseas territory of Martinique. (Photo credit: LIONEL CHAMOISEAU/AFP/Getty Images)
A Catholic Charities volunteer at the Immigrant Respite Center councils a father and daughter from El Salvador on March 16, 2017 in McAllen, Texas. The center, located in McAllen's Sacred Heart Catholic Church recieved only 2 new arrivals during the day, a huge drop from last year, when sometimes hundreds of immigrants arrived daily. The father, a 29-year-old taxi driver from San Miguel, El Salvador, said that fewer undocumented immigrants are coming to the United States since Donald Trump became President because they fear they will be deported. He said he left his country to seek asylum and live with relatives in Indiana because the Salvadorian gang MS-13 demanded he pay $20 per week in extortion fees, or die. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Spanish nationals, held as inmates in different penal institutions of Peru, await transportation to the airport at a police facility in Callao, outskirts of Lima on March 16, 2017. More than thirty Spanish inmates serving their sentence in Peru, seek protection on the grounds of a bilateral agreement between both nations to continue their prison time at home. / AFP PHOTO / CRIS BOURONCLE (Photo credit should read CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP/Getty Images)


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A national Alzheimer's disease advisory council has set preliminary goals and recommendations for a national strategic plan to slow — or even bring to an end to — the expected rise in new cases as the baby boomer generation ages. The plan's goal is to prevent and successfully treat the disease as soon as 2025. The objectives include enhancing care quality and efficiency, expanding patient and family support, enhancing public awareness and engagement, and improving data to track disease progress.
The plan is part of the National Alzheimer's Project Act that was signed into law on recently by President Barack Obama. The law created the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services. The new law requires the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the advisory council to create and maintain a national plan to defeat Alzheimer's. Members of the council's subgroups on long-term services and supports (LTSS), clinical care, and research are meeting to comment on and provide recommendations to formulate the plan's draft framework.
The council's members support alternatives to Medicare coverage and physician reimbursement to encourage the diagnosis of Alzheimer's and provide care planning to individuals diagnosed with the disease and their caregivers. Additionally, quality indicators for the care and treatment of individuals with Alzheimer's need to be formulated. The group proposed medical home pilot projects specifically designed to improve medical management for Alzheimer's patients using grants from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
More than five million Americans have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a brain disease that causes dementia and affects primarily elderly people. Some experts estimate that treating the disease costs the United States more than $170 billion annually. Australia, France and South Korea already have comprehensive Alzheimer's plans, and worldwide experts have been urging the United States to assume a leadership role.
"We want to demonstrate that as a country we are committed to addressing this issue," Dr. Howard Koh, assistant secretary for health at HHS, said. "We know the projected number of patients is expected to rise in the future. We know there are far too many patients who are suffering from this devastating condition and it is affecting them and their caregivers," Koh said.
Other experts believe that the 2025 deadline is too close and unrealistic. "No one set a deadline for the 'War on cancer' or in the fight against HIV/AIDS. We make progress and we keep fighting. The same should be true for Alzheimer's," said Dr. Sam Gandy, an Alzheimer's researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "In my mind, that provides the unfortunate sense that we will have 'failed' if we don't have a cure by 2025." The National Alzheimer's Project Act provides no new funding for research. Although some drug companies have compounds in clinical trials, researchers say they are just beginning to understand the complex disease, which develops without any symptoms for 15 to 20 years before any memory problems begin to show. "This means that if we had, today, already in hand, the funding, recruitment and the perfect drug, the trial would still take 15 to 20 years," Gandy said.
According to P.J. Skerrett, Editor of Harvard Health, "Like a powerful wave, the Alzheimer's epidemic is expected to crest in 2050. At that time an estimated 16 million Americans will be living with this mind-robbing disease. (About 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer's Disease today.) In an effort to head off the explosion, President Obama has signed into law the National Alzheimer's Project Act.
This ambitious project aims to attack Alzheimer's on several fronts:
- Improving early diagnosis. The brain changes that lead to Alzheimer's disease probably begin years before memory loss and other problems appear. Earlier diagnosis could help families better plan for the future, and could be especially important if better treatments become available.
- Finding effective prevention and treatment strategies. Today's treatments relieve symptoms for only a short time; none prevent or stop Alzheimer's-related mental decline. New treatments that are more durable would be a huge boon to current and future Alzheimer's sufferers.
- Providing more family support. Spouses and adult children are the primary caregivers for many people with Alzheimer's disease. The day-to-day challenges of caring for someone with Alzheimer's can be daunting. Many caregivers have no training and don't know what resources are available to them. The project would provide better education and support for caregivers." Skerrett said.
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My Pixel Prose entry this week is still stuck at the beach. It is so lovely here in Pensacola, Florida in the autumn that I just can't let go of the sea and sand.
Come join Amanda of Unique Art Chic weekly for her Pixel Prose Challenge where we combine poetry, Haiku, Tanka, etc. with our photography. Its like traveling with entertainment! I used Fotoflexer which is an easy program to use. You upload your own photo and add your poetry to it with a text box. Picmonkey is another program that is free to use.
Amanda says this challenge is:
"A unique weekly challenge designed to inspire creativity from both photographers and writers. Everyone is welcome.
The concept is very simple: Use the photograph that most inspires you – then add your prose. For the purpose of this challenge, the prose can consist of any form of text. Word art, quotes, poetry, haiku, rhyme, short fiction etc.
Choose your own theme – this will free you up to use your creativity to its fullest – with the photograph you feel most inspired by. Create with your photography, edit your photographs as much or as little as you want – you decide!
Providing you have added words with your image, there is no reason why you can't enter the challenge from other forms of social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Flickr etc. Note: You will need the URL of the actual image and not your account.
I will write a new post on Sundays approx 12 pm GMT, which will announce the weekly challenge as open. Entries can be linked to my post anytime until the following Sunday."
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On a calculator, make 15 by using only the 2 key and any of the four operations keys. How many ways can you find to do it?
Start by putting one million (1 000 000) into the display of your calculator. Can you reduce this to 7 using just the 7 key and add, subtract, multiply, divide and equals as many times as you like?
EWWNP means Exploring Wild and Wonderful Number Patterns Created by Yourself! Investigate what happens if we create number patterns using some simple rules.
Tell your friends that you have a strange calculator that turns numbers backwards. What secret number do you have to enter to make 141 414 turn around?
Look on the back of any modern book and you will find an ISBN code. Take this code and calculate this sum in the way shown. Can you see what the answers always have in common?
Find another number that is one short of a square number and when you double it and add 1, the result is also a square number.
On my calculator I divided one whole number by another whole number and got the answer 3.125. If the numbers are both under 50, what are they?
Take the number 6 469 693 230 and divide it by the first ten prime numbers and you'll find the most beautiful, most magic of all numbers. What is it?
Write the numbers up to 64 in an interesting way so that the shape they make at the end is interesting, different, more exciting ... than just a square.
In this investigation, you are challenged to make mobile phone numbers which are easy to remember. What happens if you make a sequence adding 2 each time?
Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and once only. Add them up. The result is divisible by 9. Add each of the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some. . . .
Clare Green looks at the role of the calculator in the teaching and learning of primary mathematics.
Which set of numbers that add to 10 have the largest product?
Four Go game for an adult and child. Will you be the first to have four numbers in a row on the number line?
This challenge is a game for two players. Choose two of the numbers to multiply or divide, then mark your answer on the number line. Can you get four in a row?
Nowadays the calculator is very familiar to many of us. What did people do to save time working out more difficult problems before the calculator existed?
Where will the point stop after it has turned through 30 000 degrees? I took out my calculator and typed 30 000 ÷ 360. How did this help?
Investigate what happens if we create number patterns using some simple rules.
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Gift of time contest captures spirit of added time for play, not cleaning
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 4, 2013 — Daylight Savings Time is right around the corner, and in today's fast-paced world, losing one hour can make a big difference when juggling busy schedules. BISSELL Homecare Inc. understands that reducing cleaning routine time is paramount. To help consumers maximize their time so more is spent enjoying life's memorable moments rather than cleaning up after life's many messes, BISSELL introduces the CleanView® vacuum with OnePass™ Technology. CleanView makes it quick and easier to get through the cleaning routine and straight to the good times life brings.
"We want families to enjoy the family room during movie night and sports fans to cheer as loud as they can for their favorite team without dreading the clean-up that inevitably comes with these moments," said Phil Morgan, brand manager, BISSELL. "The OnePass Technology with CleanView provides a bit of ease of mind - taking vacuuming from a chore to a quick and easy item to check off the clean-up to-do list."
The BISSELL CleanView delivers great cleaning using its powerful suction and innovative brush roll which cleans on initial pass*. Plus, the vacuum's lightweight design is modern, uncomplicated and easy to maneuver. On-board attachments like a 4 in. TurboBrush® tool for cleaning stairs, upholstery and hard-to-reach places, a 10 in. crevice tool for nooks, crannies and corners and an upholstery tool and 11 in. extension wand make cleaning up leftover bits of chips and popcorn a breeze.
To capture the spirit of more time for play, BISSELL is hosting the Gift of Time Contest. Now through March 9, BISSELL is offering its Facebook fans the chance to win back some of the time they'll lose when clocks move forward for the start of Daylight Savings. On March 10, BISSELL will award a brand new CleanView vacuum with OnePass Technology to 23 lucky winners – one an hour for each of the 23 hours that day. To enter, participants will be asked to share in 200 words or less why they could use more time in their day, and what fun things they would do with the gift of time if they had it. Like BISSELL on Facebook to learn more.
The BISSELL CleanView vacuum with OnePass Technology is available for a suggested retail price of $79.99 at bissell.com and at mass retailers including Amazon.com and Target.
Visit www.bissell.com to learn more about BISSELL's full line of cleaning products.
*Removes most surface debris based on visual test BTPO221.
About BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
For 137 years and counting, Michigan-based BISSELL Homecare, Inc. has developed innovative floor care solutions that make cleaning easier. As the top-selling brand in floor care appliances**, BISSELL understands that fuller lives often mean more messes, and that convenient cleaning tools help us embrace life's messier moments. Now in its fourth generation of family leadership, the company supplies households across the globe with vacuums, sweepers, deep-cleaning machines, hard floor cleaners and cleaning formulas. For more on BISSELL's complete line of floor care products, visit www.bissell.com.
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Indianola, Iowa is the place to catch down-and-dirty racing Oct 12-14 when the 2018 DirtFish RallyCross National Championship takes over National Balloon Classic Memorial Balloon Field for three days of competition. The racing will surely keep you busy and entertained, but there's plenty to do outside of the track. Whether it's entertainment for the kids, a bit of history or the right place to find whatever kind of fuel you need, you can find it below.
- Iowa State Capitol
(1007 E. Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50319)
Fri. 8am-5pm, Sat. 8am-4pm – Enjoy panoramic views of downtown Des Moines from the grounds of the capitol building that first opened in 1886. Schedule free guided tours by calling 515-281-5591 or take a self-guided tour at any time during business hours.
- Prairie Meadows Casino & Racetrack – Hair Metal Tribute
(1 Prairie Meadows Dr, Altoona, IA 50009)
Sat. 10/13, 8:30pm – Catch After Shock, an '80s tribute band throwing devil horns and performing favorites from AC/DC, Bon Jovi, Mӧtley Crϋe, Guns N' Roses and more. In between sets you can try your luck at the tables or slots.
- Wells Fargo Arena – Fleetwood Mac
(233 Center St, Des Moines, IA 50309)
Sun. 10/14, 8:00pm – If you need the real deal after the racing action is over, catch Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and company in Des Moines.
- Water Works Park – Car Show
(2201 George Flagg Pkwy, Des Moines, IA 50321)
Sat. 10/13, 11am-3pm – Ride to a Cure, a free family event with car show, hay rack rides, food, and face painting. All proceeds go to support cancer research at the John Stoddard Cancer Center.
- Jethro's BBQ 'n Bacon Bacon
(1480 22nd St, West Des Moines, IA 50266)
The word "bacon" is used twice in the name of the restaurant. Need we say more?
Fri. 10am-11pm, Sat. 8am-11pm, Sun. 8am-9pm
- Crouse Café
(115 E Salem Ave, Indianola, IA 50125)
For a true Midwestern diner experience, check out the traditional Crouse Café in Indianola, where you can fill up on biscuits and gravy, French toast and hospitality.
Fri.-Sat. 6am-9pm, Sun. 8am-2pm
- The Brick House Tavern
(107 N Buxton Street, Indianola, IA 50125)
Enjoy a drink and Midwestern fall colors on the downtown patio while you decide between a calzone or stromboli. If you can't make up your mind, you can opt for traditional tavern fare or pizza.
Fri. 4 pm-2 am, Sat. 11 am-2 am, Sun. 11 am-9 pm
- Winn's Pizza & Steakhouse
(122 W Ashland Ave, Indianola, IA 50125)
If you've got a big team and need a wide menu, this is your spot. Winn's has something for everybody with a salad bar, egg rolls, gyros and of course pizza and steaks.
Fri.-Sat. 11am-10pm, Sun. 11am-8pm
- La Casa Mexican Restaurant
(508 N Jefferson Way, Indianola, IA 50125)
If you're in need of a bite and drink from south of the border, look no further than the endless selections at La Casa.
Fri.-Sat. 11am-10:30pm, Sun. 11am-9pm
- 1908 Draught House Sports Bar
(409 Court Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309)
Is your race weekend incomplete without football or baseball? Grab some dinner and beverages while you find your sport on the screens at 1908 Draught House.
Fri.-Sun. 11am-2am
- Proof
(1301 Locust St. Ste C Des Moines, IA 50309)
Did you win? Do you need the best plate of food in Iowa to celebrate? You can find it at Proof.
Fri.-Sun. 5pm-10pm
- Car Parts
O'Reilly Auto Parts located at 1001 N Jefferson Way, Indianola, IA 50125.
Fri.-Sat. 7:30am-9pm, Sun. 9am-8pm
NAPA Auto Parts is located at 514 N Jefferson Way, Indianola, IA 50125.
Fri. 7:30am-7pm, Sat. 8am-4pm, Closed Sunday
- Everything Else
Walmart Supercenter is located at 1500 N Jefferson Way, Indianola, IA 50125.
Daily 24 hours
Casey's General Store (convenience store and gas) has lots of room for trailers and is close to the race at 1101 E 2nd Ave, Indianola, IA 50125.
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It's time to grapple with the new 3.8% tax on investment income.
The ordeal of 2012 taxes is barely over. But it isn't too early to understand and cushion the blow of the investment-income levy, which Congress passed in 2010 to help fund the health-care overhaul.
The tax, which took effect Jan. 1, applies to the "net investment income" of...
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Former president, five others on charges of complicity in the murder of uprising protesters
The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was aborted on Saturday when the presiding judge withdrew from the case and referred it to another court, causing an indefinite delay that sparked anger in the courtroom.
Lawyers said that while the transfer would give prosecutors more time to draw on new evidence in an unpublished fact-finding commission's report into the repression, it could delay the case by months, increasing the risk that Mubarak, 84, may never be finally convicted and sentenced.
"Egypt cannot close the door on the former regime until there is justice for the martyrs of our revolution," said Mohamed Rashwan, a prosecution attorney and member of the Egyptian Lawyers' Union, which had petitioned to have the judge removed from the case. Two years had passed since Mubarak's fall and justice was taking too long, Rashwan said.
"The people demand the execution of Mubarak!" frustrated relatives of demonstrators killed in the 2011 uprising that overthrew him chanted in court after presiding Judge Mustafa Hassan Abdullah announced the decision at the opening session.
Outside the heavily guarded compound, pro-Mubarak demonstrators outnumbered opponents. The two small groups were kept well apart by a police cordon and there were no incidents.
Mubarak, who ruled Egypt for almost 30 years before being toppled by 18 days of Arab Spring pro-democracy unrest, waved and smiled to supporters from the defendants' cage in the courtroom before the brief hearing began.
He was flown by helicopter from a military hospital where he has been detained to the police academy used as a courthouse, and wheeled from an ambulance into the building lying on a hospital trolley wearing a white tracksuit.
Mubarak, former interior minister Habib al-Adli and four top aides face a retrial for complicity in the murder of more than 800 protesters after the highest appeals court accepted appeals by both the defence and the prosecution in January. Two other senior interior ministry officials face lesser charges.
The presiding judge was appointed under Mubarak and so were most of the current judiciary, a factor that has complicated transitional justice in Egypt. The judge said he had decided to refer the case to the Cairo appeals court as he felt "unease" in reviewing the case. He did not explain his decision further.
He had previously acquitted top former Mubarak era officials of orchestrating violence when thugs riding camels attacked pro-democracy activists in Cairo's central Tahrir Square.
"We ask for the harshest possible sentence on Mubarak due to the cruel crimes he committed against the protesters, but we are happy with the judge's decision to withdraw as we had worries about him given his ruling (on) the camel attack case," said Mohamed Abdel Wahab, a lawyer for the victims. His comment reflected a widespread mixture of relief and frustration.
It was the first time Mubarak, who wore gold-rimmed aviator sunglasses in court, had been seen in public since he and Adli were convicted last June on grounds of failing to stop the killing, rather than actually ordering it.
Mubarak's two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were also in court to be retried on separate charges of financial corruption.
Propped up on a gurney in a cage with the other defendants, he looked fitter and more relaxed than on previous appearances in the dock, holding animated conversations with his son Gamal, and occasionally smiling and waving to people in the courtroom.
Judge Mahmoud el-Hafnawy of the prosecutor general's office ordered an urgent medical report on the former president to determine whether he was now fit enough to be sent to prison.
Prosecutors accuse Mubarak of giving orders to Adli to open fire with live ammunition against protesters to suppress demonstrations across the Arab world's most populous country.
Mubarak and his interior minister were sentenced to life imprisonment at their first trial but the appeals court upheld complaints stemming from the weakness of the evidence offered by the prosecution.
Outside the court, pro-Mubarak demonstrators chanted "thirty years without destruction!" in reference to accusations that the Muslim Brotherhood movement which won free elections after his ouster are destroying the country.
"Look at the country now," said a supporter who gave his name as Ibrahim. "We are going bankrupt. The whole country is suffering from this economic crisis, from this lack of security."
Across the square, relatives of victims of Mubarak's security forces held posters of young men killed in the revolt.
Mahmoud Saleh, whose son Mostafa was killed during revolution, said: "He who kills must be killed. This is what we want from the trial."
Mubarak became the first ruler toppled by the Arab Spring uprisings to stand trial in person. That irked Gulf Arab rulers in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, of whom the former air force commander had been a loyal ally for decades.
But the case has also exposed the difficulties of justice in a country where the judiciary and security forces are still largely run by men whose positions date to the Mubarak era.
The prosecution complained that the interior ministry had failed to cooperate in providing evidence, leading to the acquittal of six senior ministry officials tried with Mubarak.
Mohamed Gomaa, 50, an IT specialist whose son Hussein, 23, was killed in the uprising, said: "Major reforms are needed in the entire justice system. Until then, we can only hope to God for a fair trial for Mubarak. I have no confidence in the judiciary."


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BBC News
- Croydon police station shooting suspect is 23-year-old Louis De Zoysa
- Covid: Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden defends students' university return
- Sri Lanka returns 'hazardous waste' to UK
- Negative interest rates: Bank of England policymaker defends plan
- Coronavirus: Support grows for rebel MPs over law
- Murray and Evans out of French Open in first round
- Covid lockdown: Three more Welsh counties face local restrictions
- Sharp Covid-19 infections spike in Scottish teens
- Vardy hits hat-trick as Leicester put five past Man City
- Dowden offers hope for smaller football clubs
- Swansea garage fire: Homes evacuated at Pentrechwyth
- Covid-19 in the UK: How many coronavirus cases are there in your area?
- Covid-19: What do scientists think of the PM's plan?
- Covid: Llanelli in local lockdown after coronavirus spike
- Covid-19 pandemic: Where are the global coronavirus hotspots?
- Coronavirus: Can London's suburbs lead the capital's economic recovery?
- Coronavirus: The fight to get partners back into maternity wards
- Covid in Scotland: What's it like on a socially-distanced first date?
- Covid in Scotland: Flu vaccinations urged ahead of challenging winter
- Coronavirus: London placed on Covid-19 watch-list as cases rise
- BBC Wales Llandaff: Vaughan Roderick's memories of Broadcasting House
- University entrance: The 'taboo' about who doesn't go
- Idles: 'We'd love to do a zorb gig'
- My Money: 'Hollie thinks she spent less than me'
- Civil service shake-up: Rewiring the government machine or blowing a fuse?
- Cambridge's Dutch-style roundabout: Why all the fuss?
- Photographer recreates ancestor's 1860s Leicestershire snaps
- Coronavirus: No easing of theatre restrictions
- Covid: Manchester Met University outbreak was 'inevitable'
- Coronavirus: 'I used to film weddings but now I film funerals'
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- 'Maskne': How to fight face mask breakouts
- Killed police officer 'big in stature, big in heart'
- Jason Liversidge sets mobility vehicle world speed record
- Covid: New guidance issued for students wanting to go home
- Brexit: Mick Mulvaney says UK and EU can reach a trade deal
- Covid: Cardiff and Swansea go into local lockdown
- Woman dies in car crashes on M11 near Harlow
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A Chicago Police officer who performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a 21-month-old boy who had stopped breathing is being lauded for helping out on the Skyway this afternoon.
The officer, Edward Paukula, has about 17 years on the force, according to Pat Camden, a spokesman for the Chicago Police union.
The baby was in the backseat of a vehicle traveling on the Skyway near 89th Street at 12:24 p.m. when family members noticed that the child was not breathing, according to a police News Affairs statement.
They stopped the vehicle and found the baby unresponsive, but the child's father turned to see a Chicago Police vehicle driving in his direction and flagged down the officer, the statement said.
The police officer cautiously removed the baby from the vehicle, gently laying him on the pavement, and began to perform CPR, the statement said.
After the child's color returned, he began breathing on his own and then started to cry, the statement said.
Chicago Fire Department paramedics took the child to Advocate Trinity Hospital in "stable" condition, the statement said.
Chicago Police officials would not make Pakula available for an interview Saturday.
But Pakula is no stranger to being a "hero cop.'' He was hailed for saving the lives of residents in a burning South Side apartment building in November of 1999, according to a 1999 Chicago Tribune story.
According to the story, Pakula and Officer Patrick Gallagher arrived at the burning building in the 4600 block of South Michigan Avenue in the early morning hours of Nov. 12, and found people on the third floor screaming for help, police said at the time.
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Gallagher and Pakula entered the building and began evacuating residents, including several families who were unaware of the fire which began from faulty lighting, according to accounts. They also led a blind woman from the building, police said.
"Anytime you can save everyone without any injuries, that's heroic," according to a spokesman. "Sometimes when you go to fires, you try your best but things don't come out as well as you'd like them to. In this case everything turned out well."
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Editing a Spreadsheet
- Cell Formatting
- Format Painter
- Clear Formatting
- Conditional Formatting
- Insert & Delete
- Insert Image
- Add Comment
Cell Formatting
Text Color
To change text color
1. On the Home Menu, click Text Color icon.
2. Choose the required font color. The selected font color is applied to the text.
Cell Color
To change cell color
1. Choose Fill Color icon from Home Tab.
2. Click the required color. The color is applied to the chosen cell.
Align Cells
You can change both the horizontal and the vertical alignment of data entered into the cell.
To change the alignment of cells
1. On the Main menu, click Align Horizontally or Align Vertically to align cells.
2. Choose to align left, right or center horizontally.
3. Top and bottom alignments can be performed using vertical alignment. Use the following
icons to align cells.
Shade Borders
The borders of a cell can be shaded using the given icon . You can choose various types of border shadings that are available to apply to the cell. These are the types that you can choose from :
Merge Cells
To merge cells together
Select all the cells that you would like to merge together in order to form a single cell.
On Home menu, click Merge Cells icon .
You can also choose to merge cells across and down.
Split Cells
To split a cell that has been formed by merging two or more cells together,
Select the cell that you want split back into its original components.
Choose Merge Cells > Split Cells.
The cell will be split into its original components.
Format Cells
To apply formatting that suits you, use the following steps.
Choose Format > Format Cells. The Format Cells dialog box appears.
2. Select the required category in which you want to enter data.
3. Choose the settings depending upon you need. For instance, if you choose Date & Time as your format, then you have various options and formats by which you can display them.
4. Click OK.
Format Painter
Format Painter can be used to copy the formatting present in a particular cell to other cells of the sheet.
To use Format Painter
Click the Format Painter icon available in Home menu.
Click on the cell whose formatting you wish to apply to other cells.
Now, click the cell for which the formatting of the first cell is to be applied.
If more than one cell is to applied with the same formatting, then drag and select all the cells that are to be applied with that formatting style.
Clear Formatting
To clear the formatting of a cell
Click the cell that you want to be cleared of its formatting or select a range of cells.
Choose Clear icon from Home Tab. You can choose to clear a cell of its contents or formatting or the hyperlink provided from the cell.
Conditional Formatting
Conditional Formatting can be used in cases where data needs to be viewed easily for the sake of better references and data interpretation. It is helpful when data that fall under certain conditions are to be highlighted such that they can be looked at easily in the spreadsheet. Conditional Formatting is mainly used to highlight data that pertain to a particular condition.
Apply Conditional Formatting
To apply conditional formatting
1. On the menu bar, click Format > Conditional Formatting.
2. A pop up menu called Create Rules is displayed.
3. Choose the required range for which formatting is to be applied by using the range selector tool.
4. Select the conditions that are required in order to display the data in required format.
5. The conditions can be set based upon the following data types.
Cell value
Cells containing
6. Choose the required data type for which formatting is to be performed and choose the
7. The formatting options that are available include Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough, Cell
Color and Text Color.
8. You can also view the preview of the required formatting done in the dialog.
Manage Conditional Formatting
To manage conditional formatting
On the menu bar, click Format > Conditional Formatting > Manage Formatting.
Choose to edit, copy or clear the rules that have been set and listed under the toolbox using the Settings icon.
View a rule that has been created in an expanded or a collapsed mode.
Insert & Delete
Inserting a new row or a column is helpful when a new entry or a field is to be added along with the existing data.
Insert Row
To insert a new row into the sheet
Method 1
Click Insert > Row.
If you want a row to be inserted above the selected cell, click Row Above.
Click Row Below if you want a new row to be inserted below the selected cell.
Insert Column
Inserting a new column is similar to inserting a new row.
Method 1
Click Insert > Column.
You can choose to insert a column before or after the cell that has been selected.
Method 2
1. Click Add New Column icon present in Home tab.
Delete Rows And Columns
Deleting a row or a column comes in handy when you want to remove a particular field or entry that consists unnecessary data.
To delete a row or a column
Select the row or column that you wish to delete.
Right click the selected row or column.
Click Delete Row or Delete Column from the context menu.
The selected row or column will be deleted. You can also right click on a cell that has been selected and choose to delete the row or the column in which the cell is present.
Inserting/ Deleting a Cell
When a cell needs to be shifted from its position in order to be replaced by new data, these are the steps that are to be followed.
To insert a new cell:
Method 1
1. Right click the cell near which you need to insert a new cell.
2. Choose "Shift Cells Right" or "Shift Cells Down" according to your need.
Method 2
1. Select the Home menu. In the Home menu toolbar, there is an option next to the Insert Rows and Columns in the tool bar which can be used to insert cells.
Method 3
1. Choose Insert > Insert Cell. There is an option next to Insert Rows or Columns which can be used to insert cells.
To delete a cell:
Method 1
1. Right click the particular cell with the value you want to delete.
2. Click Delete where you can choose to "Shift Cells Left" or "Shift Cells Up". Shifting cells left causes the value of the cell to be deleted and replaced with the data found in the cell to the right of it.
Method 2
1. Select the icon present in the Home menu to delete cells.
Insert Image
To insert an image
Click Insert > Image.
Choose from Collected Images or upload a new image from your computer or from the web.
Click Insert.
Add Comment
You can use comments to notify your collaborators or to start a conversation with them regarding a cell.
To add a comment:
Right click the cell on which you wish to comment and choose Add Comment.
Enter your comment in the dialog box.
Click OK.


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San Francisco's famous fog
It's part of the magic and beauty of San Francisco, permeating all avenues of life - and we should expect even more of it in the future
Iconic as the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco's world-famous fog is both predictable and unpredictable - one of the ethereal pillars of the city's myth and beauty.
In his 1949 book, "Baghdad-by-the-Bay," Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote in the "This is San Francisco" chapter: "Newly formed whitish fog filtering through the harp strings of the Golden Gate Bridge and then puffing out its chest as though pleased with its dramatic entrance; but the only applause is the quiet lapping of the waves as they disappear under the silent mass."
Perhaps no place on earth is more associated with fog than this city, where the sometimes modest, sometimes overpowering weather phenomenon affects all parts of life, whether it's our arts, transportation, homes, even our general disposition.
Now, as fog season drifts into high summer gear and scientists predict even more fog in the future, fog remains as elusive, yet romantic, as ever.
San Francisco poet August Kleinzahler, who has written many poems about the fog, believes the sterling-gray weather is part of what makes San Francisco a city of individualists, where residents burrow in and spend years without getting to know their neighbors.
"I never tire of the fog," says Kleinzahler, who lives above the Haight. "I find it consoling, like the rain. It is another layer between me and the world. The light is softer. Sounds are muffled. It pushes one inward."
Arthur Ollman, an award- winning photographer who lived in San Francisco for a decade beginning in 1974, said: "At night, the fog would take whatever colored light there was and scatter it around. "When I was shooting at the beach during the day, the fog would reduce the tonal range, erasing the distinction between water and sky. The fog is an obstacle for a lot of people. But for me, visually, I'm drawn to what I can't see."
Ingram Marshall, a contemporary composer whose signature piece is "Fog Tropes," said he "heard things differently when the fog rolled in."
"The fog obviously doesn't make any sound itself, but it creates an acoustical environment," said Marshall, who recorded the mournful sounds of foghorns for his piece. "Foghorns have this deep, resonant sound."
Diverse like San Francisco itself, the fog can arrive - without warning - in pale wisps or dark waves, rolling over the hills of Marin or boiling through the Golden Gate. But as murky and chameleon-like as fog is, it is nothing more than a cloud in contact with land or sea. Fog forms over the bay when warm air is cooled by the waters of the Pacific.
Two main types of fog call San Francisco home, though their arrival and departure are very difficult to forecast, because it doesn't take much to change fog.
Advection fog comes out in the summer and pours over the chaparral hills of Marin and through the ruddy cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. This fog is reminiscent of the poet Carl Sandberg's famous lines: "The fog comes in on little cat's feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on."
Convection fog, also called tule fog, comes out in the winter, is low-lying, reduces visibility and produces drizzle. Columnist Caen described the effect: "When the city is all covered with fog, it's like living inside a great gray pearl."
To others, the fog can linger like an unwanted houseguest.
San Francisco writer Herb Gold said his late wife became depressed by the fog. "June, July and August are foggy here, and I know a lot of people who get depressed," Gold said. "When fog came in, I'd tell my wife, 'They're playing our weather.' "
Besides being depressing to some, fog can be dangerous - putting pilots and mariners in peril.
There were at least 58 plane crashes between 1941 and 1945 in Marin County alone, most weather- and fog-related, said Matt Cerkel, a Mount Tamalpais park ranger who is researching the crashes. "A lot of pilots wouldn't see the Marin Headlands until it was too late."
The fog has also contributed to Bay Area boating disasters, including the 1971 collision of two Chevron oil tankers under the Golden Gate Bridge, causing a huge oil spill, and the November 2007 incident involving the Cosco Busan piling into the western tower of the Bay Bridge.
Capt. Patrick Maloney, executive director of the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisan, said, "Nobody likes running blind in the fog, with your face stuck to radar. ... But I've been out on ships where the crew asked the captain to stop so they can get their cameras to take a picture of the fog pouring over the Marin Headlands. You just don't see that anywhere else in the world."
Even Rick Hurt, a former sea captain who is now vice president of the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association, cannot deny the beauty of fog, even if it's a pain when you're on the water. "Fog," he said, "is like moving art."
Perhaps one of the most important endorsements comes from Mike Pechner, a meteorologist in the Bay Area for more than 40 years: "Fog is a natural air conditioner, and it makes San Francisco one of the most comfortable cities in the world to live in. It also makes the city very romantic. I'm a fan of the fog."
Fun facts
Famous fog lyrics: "When that foghorn blows, I will be coming home. And when that foghorn blows I want to hear it. I don't have to fear it" - from "Into the Mystic," by Van Morrison.
San Francisco fog in literature: From "On the Road: The Original Scroll," by
Jack Kerouac, 1957:
"I wandered out like a haggard ghost, and there she was, Frisco, long bleak streets with trolley wires all shrouded in fog and whiteness."
Local observers say: "In San Francisco's Sunset District, you know it is truly summer fog when the St. Ignatius boys are walking around in two T-shirts."
Lost in the Fog was one of Northern California's most famous race horses, winning 10 straight starts and a 2005 Eclipse Award before being euthanized the following year due to cancer.
6 types: Listed above are the National Weather Service's six main types of fog. San Francisco's fog is mainly advection fog, which forms when warm moist air moves over a cold surface.
Two places often claim to be the foggiest in the United States. Not surprising, they are both on the Pacific Coast.
Cape Disappointment, Wash.
Point Reyes Lighthouse
Today: Our fabled fog
Tuesday: Foggy ZIP codes
Wednesday: Fog home colors
Thursday: Fog food
Friday: Fog in the arts


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I have to admit I love Dancing With The Stars partner photos. Oh, lord the cheese! It's better than funnel cake at the county fair (oh which I am desperately craving right. now). And what's better than regular DWTS photos? ALL STAR VERSIONS!
ABC just released the first batch of our favorite cheese ball professional dancers and our favorite desperately seeking a return to relevance 'celebrities'!
Curiously, Maksim Chmerkovskiy (currently under fire for allegedly slapping former partner Hope Solo during last season's rehearsals) and Kirstie Alley's photo is missing for the bunch! Kiristie tweeted: "We haven't shot ours yet..We shoot next week..:) been gone"
Also, ABC is still stringing us along for who will be the lucky 13th dancer. I just heard a rumor that Kate Gosselin was added to the mix! Just kidding… but who doesn't crave another dose of her insane bitchiness and the gossip that surrounds it?
Behold the glamour below! Let's get judgey, shall we.
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Spike's Geoff Keighley uses the power of Kinect to throw the station's coverage of the Xbox One launch event across the country. Or, tries to.
I bet it sounded good on paper.
If you want to follow along yourself, and haven't already been doing so, you can catch it here.


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Within the walls of Hamburg's warehouse district, covering an area of 4,000m², this miniature world is open to visitors 365 days a year.
There are 15,000 metres of tracks, ensuring that the 15,000 HO carriages reach their destination. 5,000 houses and bridges, 250,000 trees and 250,000 individual figures have also been used in the creation of this gigantic set. Almost half a million lights make the model railway look even more realistic and create an impressive atmosphere. The technology used behind the scenes is equally impressive: 60 computers are needed to control the trains.
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*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Exclusive: Eddie Money Interview with Jon Hammond going back through the years hammondcast
Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondEDDIEMONEY_JONHAMMONDonHammondCastKYOURadio
Jon Hammond and Eddie Money go back over 35 years in just over 6 minutes in this radio interview on Jon's daily radio program HammondCast on KYOU Radio 1550 AM, onboard Eddie's tour bus just before doing a show to a packed house at BB King's Club in New York City for a hometown crowd of diehard Eddie Money fans friends and family in from Long Island, Queens, and Jon now lives in Times Square. A menagerie of images from Jon Hammond's personal archives going back to the '70's and the night of the concert accompanies the audio as heard on HammondCast KYOU Radio 1550 AM and streaming worldwide ©JON HAMMOND International http://www.HammondCast.com
Baby Hold On, Two Tickets to Paradise, Take Me Home Tonight, Shakin', Trinidad, I Wanna Go Back, Walk on Water, Think I'm in Love, Wanna Be a Rock 'N' Roll Star, We Should Be Sleeping, No Control, Where's The Party, I'll Get By, You Don't Know Me
Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/6842260411
Youtube https://youtu.be/FfOCHD1TkV8
Jon Hammond Show Preview MNN Channel 1 on air 04/04 featuring original Jazz Blues and Soft News – first segment filmed in Hamburg Eimsbüttel live in Auster Bar Jon Hammond Band with NDR Horns musical director Michael Leuschner trumpet, Lutz Büchner tenor saxophone, Fiete Felsch alto saxophone, Funky Heinz Lichius drums feature on this one, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond organ + bass http://www.HammondCast.com/ Auster Jazz Series – then to Anaheim California special showcase Jon Hammond Band featuring Bernard Purdie on Jon's original funky jazz composition "Head Phone" with Bernard Purdie fatback drum, Koei Tanaka Suzuki Harmonica star, Alex Budman tenor, Joe Berger guitar, Jon Hammond at the New B3 Mk2 Portable organ with high-power model 3300 Leslie speaker covering the bass as well – musical history here at The NAMM Show
JON HAMMOND AT JAZZKELLER, FRANKFURT – COMPLETE ALBUM: https://marcostachikawafotografia.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/jon-hammond-at-jazzkeller-frankfurt-complete-album/comment-page-1/#comment-895
do jazz já se apresentaram ali e as fotos de muitos deles decoram suas velhas paredes.
Já na entrada percebe-se que o local não é para grandes agitos e nem tão pouco é o melhor local para se jogar conversa fora ou para se fazer happy-hour. Não. Ali se respira jazz, e dos melhores.
Na noite em que fomos estava lá o Jon Hammond. Enquanto descia a íngreme escadaria, percebi que deveria ter levado mais lentes, mais baterias, mais cartões de memória… rsrsrsrs… Logo na entrada pedi a autorização do proprietário da casa para fazer algumas fotos, no que recebi um largo sorriso como resposta e o aguardado "…as many as you want, my friend!" E pronto, fiz as fotos dos amigos que estavam por lá só por educação (rsrsrsrsrsrsrs!! …que nada, essas fotos foram devidamente publicadas nas redes sociais) e assim que pude, saí pra curtir e fotografar esse lendário tecladista.
Abaixo, algumas das fotos, espero que gostem!
Os amigos que estavam comigo? Sei lá, nem vi a hora em que foram embora… rsrsrs…
Um abraço,
Marcos Tachikawa
Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/ImprovedAudioUndergroundFrankfurtJonHammondBandIntimBarLissania1
Jon Hammond Band circa 1992 Underground Frankfurt Scene Night Shows in Europa Intim Bar and Lissania in Frankfurt's Red Light District during musikmesse.
Original Funk tunes "Pocket Funk" and "Nu Funk" aka "Hip Hop Chitlins" Note: sadly funky drummer James Preston has passed, long-time drummer in various formations of Jon Hammond Band, Sons of Champlin, Cold Blood with Lydia Pense, RIP Jimmy – Al Allen Wittig tenor saxophone, Barry Finnerty guitar, Jon Hammond organ, funky James Preston drums – special thanks to Joe Berger Hans Romanov Europa INTIM Bar ElbeStrasse 34, 60329 Frankfurt and Stefan Hantel aka Shantel Lissania on the Kaiserstrasse
Youtube http://youtu.be/3wjgB0moazk
– as seen on cable access show The Jon Hammond Show now in 31st year – all music ©JON HAMMOND International ASCAP http://www.HammondCast.com/ — with James Preston and Jon Hammond at KiezPraline
CNN iReport http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1188407
Dailymotion http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2a7z74_underground-frankfurt-jon-hammond-band-intim-bar-lissania_music
Jon Hammond Band Facebook https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=936450226383775
Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondAndFriendsJazzSpotSwing
Youtube http://youtu.be/x6a8MHYESqc
Jon Hammond and Friends drop in to Taipei night spot JAZZ SPOT SWING organ lounge,
Jon at Mr. Nobuki Kuwahara's Hammond Sk2 organ with house musicians – Kenichi Toyoda piano
– special thanks to Nico, Shannon, Letitia – Superlux Taiwan,
P. Mauriat Europe Pmauriat Albest Team!
http://www.HammondCast.com/ – Jazz Spot Swing
Vimeo http://vimeo.com/110027287
CNN iReport http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1182889
Jon Hammond Band Facebook https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=924772564218208
Koei Tanaka and Jon Hammond – special NAMM Lunch Set NAMM Show Center Stage Jon Hammond Band photo by Lawrence Gay
HammondCast – CNN iReport – http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1231127
MNN Channel 1 Jon Hammond Show Preview 04/11 Original Jazz Blues and Soft News
My Mom's Rose plant is in bloom – Jon Hammond
Mr. Shuji Suzuki and Jon Hammond – MNN
Jon Hammond's new ultra-bright flashlight from Maglite now on the job "Mini Maglite Pro LED Flashlight NEW Ultra Bright 226 Lumens" – now on tour – Silver
The Famous Tall Paul of West Oakland:
The Famous Tall Orange Bicycle Man of West Oakland Sighted today aka "Tall Paul" – Jon Hammond "THIS MAN IS TRANSFORMING OAKLAND ONE AWESOME CUSTOM BIKE AT A TIME"
Photo: ©JON HAMMOND International
by R. A. SCHUETZ
Mar 20 at 6am
I first met Tall Paul as he was walking out of the Oakland Home Depot toting a giraffe of a bike. It was orange with gold accents — pedals, spokes, and pinwheel-shaped mags — and its body was made of interlocking triangles stacked so tall the handlebars stood at roughly my height. I was impressed and asked if I could take a closer look. "Of course," he said, and began showing it off.
Tall Paul is tall — over six feet — with soft, dark curls he usually hides under a baseball cap. He's cordial, but when he starts talking bikes, a kind of electric and childlike wonder steals over him. You can't help but feel enthusiastic too. When I asked how he mounts such an ungainly ride, he demonstrated by giving it a shove as he jogged a few steps beside it, then he clambered up the triangles of the frame like they were a ladder. "Where did you get it?" I asked him. "I made it," he said.
Patting his bike, he explained: "Last fall, I was out with one of the double-stackers when I saw a couple of kids cutting school. They were about 10 years old; I saw them cutting class all of the time. And when I saw the kids, I saw they were excited about the bike. They were like, 'Wow!' And I thought, 'Hey, that might be something I can do to get them back in class.'"
Paul made the two boys an offer: if they went back to school and got three A's on their next report cards, he'd give each of them a bike. "And it worked," he said, laughing. "They turned out to be really smart kids. They just got caught up messing around in the streets and cutting school and stuff. They'd been doing it for a while."
Now Paul has a standing offer to reward any kid who makes three A's on his or her report card. While Paul doesn't have the resources to give everyone a bike, if an A student brings him a frame to work with — even if it's so rusted it no longer runs — he restores and customizes it.
He invited me to come by and watch him work on his bikes sometime. He lives near the Home Depot in a mobile home "parked illegally," which, I later learned, means he stays put for street sweeping because he's cultivated relationships with city employees, who sometimes chip in a few dollars for the bikes he's fixing up for students. That he's able to stay in one location is part of what's made him a neighborhood fixture — even beyond Oakland, parents from San Jose and Hayward know to bring their kids' report cards to him.
On the day I visited, his place was instantly recognizable by the bikes stacked on the roof. When Paul saw me, he greeted me with a hug and began hauling bikes out of his home and propping them on the sidewalk. One after another, there they were: double-stacks, choppers, and, finally, the little black-and-gold frame of a child's bike with its wheels in disrepair.
This bike, painted in Paul's signature colors, is to be the prototype that introduces his bike program to schools in the area, starting with Prescott Elementary in Oakland. Paul's idea is to donate a tricked-out ride every report card season, which the school would prominently display. Every A on a student's report card would be an entry into a raffle to win the bike. If schools take to it, his goal is to work with as many as he can.
Tall Paul started tinkering with bikes when he was just a child himself — as he remembers it, he was five years old. His mother had saved up to buy him and his six brothers and five sisters bikes for Christmas. While everyone else was out riding theirs, Paul took his down to the basement and dismantled it. "I wanted to see what made it work," he said.
The passion for taking bikes apart and putting them back together hasn't left him. "I like everything about it," he said. "It's an art." One of his passions is sanding down the metal of a rusty bike and erasing the ravages of time until the frame gleams. "You see, when you sand it, you take your hand, and you feel the bike. You don't want to feel a scratch; you don't want to feel a nick; you don't want to feel nothing. Like a baby's butt — smooth." When he's finished, he puts it all back together and makes sure it runs well, then carefully paints each piece down to the spokes in the white-walled wheels, then buffs everything to a lustrous shine. For his own bikes, his finishing touch is a rhinestone "TP" (for "Tall Paul") affixed between the handlebars. He also plans to add gears to his double-stacks.
A few pigeons milled about on the sidewalk where Paul was working. He said the birds know him, just like the rest of the neighborhood does. "They recognize me," he said. "I could ride my bike right to the corner and stop, and birds will fly down from everywhere and come to it." He took a break to coax them near. That day there were maybe a dozen, but he explained that on Sunday there's inevitably a flock around him.
Crouching among the birds, he told me he also dreams of opening a shop so that he can scale his operation. Although the bikes he hasn't started restoring yet can rest atop his mobile home, he has to take all of his finished and in-progress bikes inside when he's not working on them. Plus, he has several bikes of his own. This means he usually accepts only two bikes at a time from children and tells others to come back in two days. With a shop, he'd have space to store bikes and tools, as well as a location for business. "I'd love to get this program into every school in the world for all the kids," he said, referring to his bike raffle. But he's taking it one step at a time.
For now, he's on the lookout for any bike that people have given up on and are selling for scrap metal, which he can buy for a few dollars. "I get whole bicycles that probably come off a bush or somewhere. They have all these leaves in them and chains so rusted, you can't even turn them. But I bring them back to life."
*Note: photos must be credited ©JON HAMMOND International / Jon Hammond – Jon's photos on Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary attending Art Exhibit of Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei huge installation on "The Rock" while celebrating birthday and prepping for 29th trip to Frankfurt to play musikmesse and both jazzkeller's, jazzkeller Frankfurt and Jazzkeller-Hofheim with organ combo Jon Hammond Band – it was an amazing experience, met with Mr. William Baker Former Inmate / Author *see photos with Bill Baker "Old ex-con back at the Rock, telling prison stories" "He's been a car thief, a jailhouse rioter, an escape artist." Alcatraz 1259." That was his number on the Rock.
Ai Weiwei at Large #AiWeiWeiAlcatraz
Ai Wei Wei at Large Exhibit on Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) offshore from San Francisco, California, United States.[2] Often referred to as "The Rock", the small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison (1868), and a federal prison from 1933 until 1963.[5] Beginning in November 1969, the island was occupied for more than 19 months by a group of aboriginal people from San Francisco who were part of a wave of Native activism across the nation with public protests through the 1970s. In 1972, Alcatraz became a national recreation area and received designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
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Like every year at the Musikmesse the warm up party in the Jazzkeller Frankfurt Jon Hammond band
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James Oscar Smith aka Jimmy Smith photos by Jon Hammond
Taken in Long Beach, California
Long Beach CA — James Oscar Smith aka Jimmy Smith photos by Jon Hammond one month before he passed away, just after receiving the prestigious NEA Jazz Master Award.
James Oscar "Jimmy" Smith (December 8, 1925[1] or 1928[2] – February 8, 2005)[1][2] was an American jazz musician who achieved the rare distinction of releasing a series of instrumental jazz albums that often charted on Billboard. Smith helped popularize the Hammond B-3 electric organ, creating an indelible link between sixties soul and jazz improvisation.
In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians.
Also known as The Incredible Jimmy Smith
Born December 8, 1925
Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died February 8, 2005 (aged 79)
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Genres Hard bop
Mainstream jazz
Jazz fusion
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Hammond B-3 electric organ
Smith's birth year is of some confusion, with various sources citing either 1925 or 1928. Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, at the age of six he joined his father doing a song-and-dance routine in clubs. He began teaching himself to play the piano. When he was nine, Smith won a Philadelphia radio talent contest as a boogie-woogie pianist.[5] After a stint in the navy, he began furthering his musical education in 1948, with a year at Royal Hamilton College of Music, then the Leo Ornstein School of Music in Philadelphia in 1949. He began exploring the Hammond organ in 1951. From 1951 to 1954 he played piano, then organ in Philly R&B bands like Don Gardner and the Sonotones. He switched to organ permanently in 1954 after hearing Wild Bill Davis.
He purchased his first Hammond organ, rented a warehouse to practice in and emerged after little more than a year. Upon hearing him playing in a Philadelphia club, Blue Note's Alfred Lion immediately signed him to the label and his second album, The Champ, quickly established Smith as a new star on the jazz scene. He was a prolific recording artist and, as a leader, dubbed The Incredible Jimmy Smith, he recorded around forty sessions for Blue Note in just eight years beginning in 1956. Albums from this period include The Sermon!, House Party, Home Cookin', Midnight Special, Back at the Chicken Shack and Prayer Meetin'.
Smith signed to the Verve label in 1962. His first album, Bashin', sold well and for the first time set Smith with a big band, led by Oliver Nelson. Further big band collaborations followed, most successfully with Lalo Schifrin for The Cat and guitarist Wes Montgomery, with whom he recorded two albums: The Dynamic Duo and Further Adventures Of Jimmy and Wes. Other notable albums from this period include Blue Bash and Organ Grinder Swing with Kenny Burrell, The Boss with George Benson, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Got My Mojo Working, and Root Down.
During the 1950s and 1960s, Smith recorded with some of the great jazz musicians of the day such as Kenny Burrell, George Benson, Grant Green, Stanley Turrentine, Lee Morgan, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Jackie McLean, Grady Tate and Donald Bailey.
The Jimmy Smith Trio performed "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and "The Sermon" in the 1964 film Get Yourself a College Girl.
In the 1970s, Smith opened his own supper club in Los Angeles, California, and played there regularly with guitarist Paul C Saenz, Kenny Dixon on drums, Herman Riley and John F. Phillips on saxophone; also included in the band was harmonica/flute player Stanley Behrens. The 1972 album Root Down, considered a seminal influence on later generations of funk and hip-hop musicians, was recorded live at the club, albeit with a different group of backing musicians…
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Jon Hammond theme song Late Rent on the occasion of 28th annual musikmesse Warm Up Party in the world famous jazzkeller Frankfurt and Jon's birthday
with Peter Klohmann tenor saxophone, Giovanni Totò Gulino drums, Joe Berger guitar and Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ – Late Rent is the theme song for Jon's long-running cable TV show in New York City The Jon Hammond Show and HammondCast radio program http://www.HammondCast.com – special thanks to Frank Poehl for operating the camera – Jon Hammond Band
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Jon Hammond and The Late Rent Session Men concert on See's Candies Stage Shoreline Amphitheatre At Mountain View Amphitheater show for Bill Graham Presents
Jon Hammond Band Funk Unit coming up at Winter NAMM Show folks http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2015/concerts-performances/jon-hammond-funk-unit — at The Garden Court At The Palace Hote
Jon Hammond theme song Late Rent on the occasion of 28th annual musikmesse Warm Up Party in the world famous jazzkeller Frankfurt and Jon's birthday
with Peter Klohmann tenor saxophone, Giovanni Totò Gulino drums, Joe Berger guitar and Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ – Late Rent is the theme song for Jon's long-running cable TV show in New York City The Jon Hammond Show and HammondCast radio program http://www.HammondCast.com – special thanks to Frank Poehl for operating the camera – Jon Hammond Band
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During these regularly scheduled inspections, the spring systems are also inspected. For testing helical compression springs for rail vehicles for example, the determination of the vertical as well as the horizontal spring forces under vertical and horizontal loading is crucial. ZwickRoell has developed a special testing system for these testing purposes. It is based on an AllroundLine materials testing machine with Fmax 250 kN that is equipped with an additional electromechanical testing actuator (Fmax 30 kN) for applying horizontal forces.
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ASEAN leader to be chief guests for 2018 Republic day celebrationsJuly 08, 2017 16:45
As a major step towards the government's 'Act East' policy the central government is planning to bring together leaders from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam for the 2018 Republic Day celebrations.
World leaders like former US President Barack Obama, former French president François Hollande and UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan have been chief guests at Republic Day celebrations in the past.
"We have enhanced our engagement in South-East Asia. This was reflected in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in 2014 at the India-ASEAN Summit in Myanmar where he declared that India's 'Look East Policy' has become 'Act East Policy'," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said while speaking at the ministerial session of Delhi Dialogue-IX.
"Freedom of navigation and respect for international law is therefore imperative in this context. Equally, we remain committed with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enhance our maritime cooperation, to realise the full potential of our ocean economy. We will continue to step up cooperation in countering terrorism, piracy and other transnational crimes," she added.
"Future focus areas of cooperation between ASEAN member states and India can be described in term of 3Cs- Commerce, Connectivity and Culture," she said.
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Leslie Harter Zemeckis was in "Life of a Gigolo" with Mark Ritter
Mark Ritter was in "Sunset Beach" with Jennifer Banko
Jennifer Banko was in "Barb Wire" with Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson was in "Scary Movie 3" with Jeremy Piven
Jeremy Piven was in "Very Bad Things" with Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz was in "The Mask" with Jim Carrey
next: Billy Cruddup
Billy Cruddup was in Big FIsh with Danny Devito who was in Man On The Moon.
Next :
Nicholas Cage
" ...I learned the facts of life....from watching the Facts Of Life !.... "
Nicholas Cage is one of Jim Carrey's best friends... apart from that.
Nicholas Cage was in "The Family Man" with Tea Leoni and she's in "Fun with Dick and Jane" with Jim Carrey, still in the making but yes.
Next up: Claire Danes
I played this game on another forum but with Arny S.
Claire Danes was in Romeo & Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Leonardo DiCaprio was in Gangs of New York with Cameron Diaz.
Cameron Diaz was in The Mask with Jim Carrey.
Very Simple One, But with Claire Danes in there it made it harder untill I remembered Leonardo DiCaprio was in Romeo and Juilet with her and that got linked to that.
Good work I happened to have a poster of her in my room, so I just typed her name.
next: Sarah Michelle Gellar(am i spelling that right?)
Sarah Michelle Gellar was in Scooby Doo with Matthew Lillard
Matthew Lillard was in Scream with Courtney Cox
Courtney Cox was in Ace Ventura with Jim Carrey
next: Jaoquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix is in "Signs" with Mel Gibson.
Mel is in "What Women Want" with Lauren Holly.
Lauren is in "Dumb and Dumber" with Jim Carrey
Next: KATIE HOLMES
[ Lauren Holly was in 'What Women Want'? Or are you referring to Helen Hunt? ]
Katie Holmes is going out with Chris Klein...
Who starred in 'Say It Ain't So!' directed by the Farrelly Bros...
Who directed 'Dumb and Dumber' with Jim Carrey.
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart was in "Death to Smoochy" with Robin Williams
Robin Williams was in "Patch Adams" with Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Phillip Seymour Hoffman was in "Along Came Polly" with Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston was in "Bruce Almighty" with Jim Carrey
next: Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville was in MIB II with Will Smith
Will Smith was in Bad Boys with Martin Lawrence
Martin was in Blue Streak with Luke Wilson
Luke Wilson was in Anchorman with Steve Carell
Steve made me pee in my pants in Bruce Allmighty
Carrie-Anne Moss
" ...I learned the facts of life....from watching the Facts Of Life !.... "
Re SA JCFan: Lauren Holly didn't have a big part in What Women Want, she played Mel Gibson's characters ex-wife. She appeared at the start and sometime near the end, talking on the phone with Nick(Gibson).
Carrie-Anne Moss was in Chocolat with Johnny Depp,
Johnny Depp is in Pirates of the Carribean with Orlando Bloom,
Orlando is in Lord of The Rings with Elijah Wood,
and he's in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with Jim
That was a tough one.... phew... I tried to link Johnny with Winona in Edward Scissor Hands... oh well
NEXT: Clea Duvall
Clea Duvall was in Identity with John Cusak
John was in Pushing Tin with Billy Bob ( I like the way you talk mm hmm ) Thornton.
BBT was in Levity with Morgan Freeman.... ( who we all know is GOD ! Or as Bruce would refer to him - " Allmighty Smighter ! " lol !
Did I spell that right ? If not..Smight me !
" ...I learned the facts of life....from watching the Facts Of Life !.... "
Since we have so many new people on board I decided to ressurect this thread after 2 months of no response. Since Ace VanDouglas did not leave a celebrity I'll start again:
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges is in Seabiscuit with Tobey,
Tobey's in Spiderman 1 & 2 (I loved spiderman 2 btw) with Kirsten Dunst,
And Kirsten's in Eternal Sunshine with Jim
Next...erm....err...... Tara Morice~
"I decided that I wanted to make movies that would uplift people." - Jim Carrey
Tara Morice was in "Strictly Ballroom" with Paul Mercurio
Paul Mercurio was in "Welcome to Woop Woop" with Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech was in "The Sweetest Thing" with Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz was in "The Mask" with Jim Carrey
in the Aussie theme
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In 1990, the St. Charles City-County Library District joined a network of libraries committed to providing free government information to the people of Missouri. The District was awarded the prestigious Federal Depository of the Year Award in 2007. Public Printer, Robert C. Tapella, from the Government Printing Office (GPO) is shown presenting the award to Deputy Director Betty Murr.
In active support of the mission statement of St. Charles City-County Library District, the Depository will provide Federal, State, and Municipal documents to Missourians. We acquire, process and organize, preserve, support, and promote the effective use of this information to supplement and support the academic curriculum and research needs of St. Charles City County Library District residents, businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and the citizens of Missouri. This depository will serve as a catalyst to promote good citizenship and scholastic growth through information literacy.
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